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Climate Change is Bringing a New Meaning to “Cold War”

October 14, 2019 By Anna Kuntz Presnall

When I first heard the report that President Trump was working to try to buy Greenland, I was so taken aback that I checked to make sure I was not listening to an article put out by the satirical news outlet, The Onion. Sure enough, I was listening to my NPR podcast and the President […]

Filed Under: Environmental Rights, Europe, government, Human Rights Issues, International, North America, War/Peace Tagged With: climate change, conflict, Greenland, human rights, IHR

The Rainforest is Burning: Fires in the Amazon

October 11, 2019 By Lindsey Reid

On August 19, 2019, the sky of São Paulo, Brazil was turned black from smoke, bringing an abrupt awareness to a serious problem in the Amazon: it’s burning.  During the first eight months of this year, upwards of 74,000 fires were found burning in Brazil, most of which were in the Amazon and/or on agricultural land.  This was an 84% increase […]

Filed Under: Environmental Rights, Human Rights of Special Groups, South America Tagged With: Brazil, climate change, deforestation, environmental justice, human rights, Indigenous, rights of indigenous peoples

Worldwide Famine and its Impact

April 29, 2019 By Ajanet Rountree

by Nicole Allen and Pam Zuber Famine and other types of food insecurity are problems in several ways. A chronic and widespread lack of food is not only harmful to people’s health but can produce other repercussions.  Unfortunately, we are witnessing many of these short- and long-term repercussions of famine and food insecurity in several […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia, Economic Rights, Environmental Rights, Guest blogger, Middle East and North Africa, Minority Rights, Public health, Refugees Tagged With: climate change, Famine, farming, food insecurity, idp, malnutrition, political conflict

Dr. Robert Bullard: Health Equity through Environmental, Economic and Racial Justice

April 9, 2019 By Ajanet Rountree

Dr. Robert Bullard has been fighting alongside the citizens of various cities for their right to a clean environment. He positions himself as a dot-connector who utilizes the central theme of fairness, justice, and equity. He is a seeker of just equity. His fight began with the demand of his wife, Linda, in 1979 after […]

Filed Under: Activism, Civil and Political Rights, Environmental Rights, government, IHR Events, Minority Rights, North America, Public health Tagged With: America, children, climate change, culture, environmental justice, environmental racism, social justice, water

Climate Change and Refugees

March 29, 2019 By rozhan

Climate Refugees The ongoing debate about climate change never seems to become resolved because there are certain people who believe in it and others who refuse to believe it. However, both sides often forget about climate refugees, a fairly new term that has no formal definition or protection under international law. As of 2008, millions […]

Filed Under: Activism, Economic Rights, Environmental Rights, General, government, Human Rights Issues, Public health, Refugees Tagged With: climate change, refugees, social change

Sustainable Blazers

April 21, 2018 By Shane Burns

On Wednesday, April 11th at UAB Edge of Chaos, dozens of Blazers met, in the spirit of Earth Month and Earth Day (4/22), to hold a discussion titled A Conversation about Sustainability. The event centered on a faculty panel, consisting of Dr. Hessam Taherian (School of Engineering), Dr. Suzanne Judd (School of Public Health), Dr. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Environmental Rights, Human Rights Issues, IHR Events, International, Public health, Refugees Tagged With: Antarctica, big oil, climate change, earth day, Great Barrier Reef, Paris, sustainability

The Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change

October 5, 2017 By Tyler Goodwin

The United States has been plagued with natural disasters in the past few months. With Hurricane Harvey in August, Hurricane Irma in September, and Hurricane Maria hitting US territory Puerto Rico last week, recovery will be a long process. Unfortunately, the damage comes not just from hurricanes. On the West Coast and southeast Alaska, wildfires […]

Filed Under: Environmental Rights, Human Rights of Special Groups Tagged With: climate change, economics, food security, paris accord, water

It’s Not Just Irma and Harvey: Deadly Floods Affect Millions Around the World

September 18, 2017 By Aseel Hajazin

These past few weeks have been a very vulnerable time for our global community. Media has been predominately focusing on the countries and victims affected by Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Jose, however nature’s violent outcry stormed communities all over the world- not just the hurricanes in the West. Powerful monsoons struck South Asia, affecting more […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia, Environmental Rights, government, Human Rights of Special Groups, North America, Public health, Refugees Tagged With: climate change, Famine, floods, idp, paris accord, right to adequate living, right to education, right to work

The Reality of Climate Change and its Effects on Human Rights and the Refugee Crisis

March 10, 2017 By Tyler Goodwin

What is climate change? To understand climate change, we must first know what climate is and how it is different from the weather. Weather is what we see change on a day to day basis. We can see and feel the changes in weather: sunny one day, rainy the next, and back to sunny again. Weather also […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Asia, Environmental Rights, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights of Special Groups, North America Tagged With: climate change, dapl, human rights, recycling, social change, water

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